FTI Consulting, Inc. announced the appointments of James Chapman, Steve Dyson and Franz Wentzel as Senior Managing Directors in its Australian Transformation practice, bringing their experience as former global heads of Big Four accounting firm mining practices to help clients realise their full value potential. The appointments of Mr. Chapman, Mr. Dyson and Mr. Wentzel continue the firm?s growth of its Transformation ? Mining team, following the recent addition of Carrie Grimes as a Senior Managing Director.
Mr. Chapman, who is based in Perth, has more than three decades of operations experience, providing technical and advisory insights to mining and resource companies. He focuses on building practical operating models and helping organizations turn strategy into real-world improvements. A former Integrated Planning Leader of a global major iron ore producer with more than 20 years of subsequent consulting experience, Mr. Chapman brings a unique, independent ?client-side?
perspective in focusing on operational value. He works with clients to get more out of their assets, improving margins and making operations more dependable. Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Mr. Chapman was the Global Mining and Metals Operations Leader at EY.
Mr. Dyson, who is based in Brisbane, joins FTI Consulting with more than 28 years of experience in complex transformation across the global mining and resources industry. His background includes business improvement and restructuring, operational efficiency and productivity enhancement, supply chain and process optimisation, large-scale cost reduction and project acceleration, as well as controls and reporting. In his role at FTI Consulting, Mr. Dyson will advise global clients on major transformation programs, helping improve performance and productivity across both portfolios and individual assets.
Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Mr. Dyson was the Global Mining Transformation Lead, Energy, Resources and Industrials at Deloitte. Mr. Wentzel, who is based in Brisbane, has more than 26 years of experience leading high-impact transformations and strategic growth in the mining, manufacturing and asset-intensive sectors, specialising in digital operations transformation, physical asset management and maintenance optimisation, merger integration and value creation through cost reduction and productivity improvement. In his role at FTI Consulting, Mr. Wentzel will partner with clients to deliver tangible results across corporate functions and operations.
Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Mr. Wentzel was the Global Mining & Metals Industry Leader at PwC.
